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It is so reassuring to hear others have been going through the battle with their mind (and pantry) :eek: I felt like I had lost all self control at times over the last month. I'd find myself eating away all the 'tempting' foods to make the house safe, then going and replacing them with more! Thankfully, due to intermittently being on Optifast, I managed not to put on more weight, and for some reason now that I'm two weeks pre-op I seem to be finding the optifast easier to manage. I've heard other bandsters refer to wanting a 'band for their head' ... I can understand that sentiment. I was thinking about losing my good friend food, and then I realised while food may well have been my constant companion, it's been as much my mortal enemy as my best friend. I can't wait to get my band and learn to see food for what it is; just fuel for my body that I can forget about most of the time! I feel like Pinocchio saying, "I'm going to be a real girl!" :clap2:

Good luck Kim, I can only imagine what a mix of excitement and nerves you must be feeling at the moment! I still have 12 days til my surgery, so hopefully I'll be able to check up on you before I go in for my band. Remember, you've got good wishes being sent from all over the place .. even as far away as Australia! :biggrin1: Susie xx

October 15th is my band day too! I'm in Melbourne, Australia and have been feeling like the day would never arrive. Now that I'm into the pre-op diet it feels like it's really happening. I've been on a farewell to food tour, interspersed with trying to do Optifast. My surgeon doesn't require a pre-op diet, but I wanted to lose some weight before my surgery. For some reason my head wouldn't get on board until that magic "two weeks" rolled around. Thank goodness I'm now feeling more in control. I'm an OR nurse, there seems to be a few of us nursing types around. Look forward to sharing the journey with you bday buddies :eek: Susie

WOW so many of us starting new lives in October!! Please add me to the list, October 15th :whoo: Susie

Thanks for the welcome nicnak. I'm counting down the days. I'm reading your pre-op diets enviously. Atkins sounds like heaven, I'm on OptiYUK and some lovely Protein to chew would be divine! BUT, I don't trust myself to do anything in moderation ATM so I'll stick to my shakes, at least I have no desire to binge on those! Susie

Hi all, I'm Susie from Australia and will be banded on 15th Oct. I can't wait!! I started 10 days ago on Optifast as I was on a goodbye to food tour and needed to take myself in hand. Have lost 9lb .. yah me!! Starting weight was 287, goal 177. Look forward to sharing this journey with you all. :wave:

I've read this thread with a mixture of horror, empathy and shame. Ur post, however, made me so angry it motivated me to post for the first time. For all the horrible moments people have shared, the fact that someone who you would expect to understand could be so mean just blows me away! Thank goodness your surgeon was such a sweetheart! I have so many moments and most of them I have never spoken about. I think the worst was when I was a young woman. I had a crush on a guy for some time and was so excited when we started to flirt one night. Enter his gorgeous looking mate who also started flirting with me and I had a night I couldn't believe with both of them paying me so much attention. When I phoned my crush several days later he informed me that neither of them liked me, they had just had a bet to see who could get the 'fat' chick. That's 20 years ago and I still feel the punch in the stomach when I think about it all these years later. What makes people so cruel? :cry Thanks to everyone who has shared in this thread. Large or small, we are better people for knowing that hurting others is neither smart, nor funny.